Warner Premiere is in production on Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster, an all-new, live-action/3D animation movie follow-up to 2009’s record-setting Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins, it was announced today by Eva Davis, EVP and General Manager, Warner Premiere. The film commences principal photography on March 15 in various locations around Southern California. The [...]
Continue reading...13. March 2010
Top-Ranked Nickelodeon Announces its 2010-11 Animation Season Programming Slate at Annual Upfront Presentation Six New Shows, New Seasons of 16 Returning Hit Series Coming to Nick’s Schedule Five New Series to Launch Across Nick’s Digital Nets — TeenNick, Nicktoons and Nick Jr. Nick’s Upfront Event in NYC Highlighted with Special Performances by Pop Singing Sensation Justin Bieber and [...]
Continue reading...29. January 2010
Heavy Metal Powerhouse Black Sabbath Debuts Master Tracks as Compatible Guitar Hero(R) 5 and Band Hero Downloadable Songs Guitar Hero Music Library Further Expands with Hit Songs and New Music from 30 Seconds To Mars, Breaking Benjamin and Third Eye Blind Guitar Hero® cranks up the heat in February with a strong lineup of weekly downloadable songs [...]
Continue reading...27. January 2010
12,000-PIECE COLLECTION FILLS COLLECTOR’S FAMILY’S ENTIRE HOUSE! Twenty one year-old Lisa Courtney from Hertfordshire, England is celebrating this week after being officially recognised as the individual with the largest Pokemon animation memorabilia collection in the world, having accumulated 12,113 different items over 13 years. Her incredible record-breaking collection, which is still growing in size, has [...]
Continue reading...13. January 2010
THE HURT LOCKER comes to DVD and Blu-ray, MOON hits DVD and Blu-ray, cartoon animation classic THE SIMPSONS Season 20 comes to DVD and Blu-ray, GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0 hits DVD, TRANSFORMERS Season 2, Vol. 2 comes to DVD, LAST ACTION HERO comes to DVD and Blu-ray, CLIFFHANGER comes to DVD and Blu-ray, HALLOWEEN [...]
Continue reading...9. January 2010
New Photo, Web & Digi Cams from Sakar Include Software to Encourage Creativity For young fans of Nickelodeon’s cartoons iCarly, Dora the Explorer and SpongeBob SquarePants, Sakar International has released a series of digital cameras, video cameras and webcams themed with their favorite characters for creative play. Value-added extras like interactive software based on the shows [...]
Continue reading...7. January 2010
It was announced today that three-time Grammy Award winner and internationally renowned singer, songwriter, producer and designer Pharrell Williams will write original music for Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s upcoming 3D animation CGI feature Despicable Me. This marks the first time The Neptunes and N.E.R.D. artist will compose music for a film. He [...]
Continue reading...2. January 2010
Cartoon animation icon The Simpsons, Barack Obama and Usain Bolt Rank Among the Decade’s Most Memorable Records According to Online Poll The votes are in and the public has chosen their top Guinness World Records® of the decade! Since the launch of the newest book Guinness World Records 2010 edition this past fall, thousands of fans [...]
Continue reading...25. December 2009
As the momentous conclusion of the “Best. 20 Years. Ever.,” a year-long global celebration honoring all things THE SIMPSONS, approaches, FOX is toasting television’s favorite cartoon animation family by turning yellow for one week beginning Sunday, Jan. 3. The 20th anniversary will culminate on Sunday, Jan. 10 with the landmark 450th episode, “Once Upon a [...]
Continue reading...10. December 2009
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, continues the momentum behind its hit INUYASHA brand with the announcement of the release of Rumiko Takahashi’s original manga series in new VIZBIG omnibus editions. Published by the company’s SHONEN SUNDAY imprint, INUYASHA VIZBIG Volume 1 [...]
Continue reading...10. December 2009
Total Drama Action, the hit animated series with a reality twist, is down to its final two contestants. Who will win: Beth the gal, with a huge heart and unstoppable faith in herself or Duncan, the tough-looking kid with a rap sheet and an attitude? Starting now, viewers can log on to www.TotalDramaAction.com [...]
Continue reading...7. December 2009
Moonscoop, the worldwide brand management and entertainment company representing properties from some of the leading animation producers across the globe, has signed a key sales deal with leading German broadcaster KI.KA for the animation series ToddWorld and SamSam. KI.KA has picked up the second series of the colourful ToddWorld, based on the book by Todd Parr [...]
Continue reading...7. December 2009
Nickelodeon UK was presented with four awards at the EA British Academy Children’s Awards which took place on Sunday 29 November. The awards ceremony, which celebrates the very best in Children’s Entertainment from the last year, saw Nickelodeon recognised with 11 nominations across a variety of categories. Nickelodeon’s preschool animation channel Nick Jr UK was awarded [...]
Continue reading...4. December 2009
The newly expanded PBS KIDS video player giving free, online access to hundreds of streaming, full is now available. Funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the player will premiere two exclusive music videos from DINOSAUR TRAIN, the new hit animation series from The Jim Henson Company that celebrates the fascination that preschoolers have with [...]
Continue reading...4. December 2009
Astral Media’s Family Channel presents the Canadian premiere of the third season of Handy Manny on Saturday, December 5 at 7:30 a.m. ET/PT. The premiere of the third cartoon animation season of this viewer favourite starring Wilmer Valderrama airs as part of a Handy Manny marathon, beginning at 6:10 a.m. ET/PT, and will be available [...]
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15. March 2010
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